{"product_id":"hattie-big-sky-9780385735957","title":"Hattie Big Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic YA novel about a teenage girl searching for a sense of home and family that celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she summons the courage to leave Iowa and move all by herself to Vida, Montana, to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Her quest to make a home is championed by new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German husband, and their children. For the first time in her life, Hattie feels part of a family, finding the strength to stand up against Traft Martin's schemes to buy her out and against increasing pressure to be a \"loyal\" American at a time when anything--or anyone--German is suspect. Despite daily trials, Hattie continues to work her uncle's claim until an unforeseen tragedy causes her to search her soul for the real meaning of home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis young pioneer's story is lovingly stitched together from Kirby Larson's own family history and the sights, sounds, and scents of homesteading life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Kirby Larson heard a snippet of a story about her great-grandmother homesteading in eastern Montana, she spent three years working on this story. The author lives in Kenmore, WA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615721656594,"sku":"9780385735957","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_424b9d41-58b4-4ba1-8c9a-2787946f86c5.jpg?v=1732498817","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hattie-big-sky-9780385735957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}